Measuring-faucet.



N0. 635,256. Patented Oct. I7, i899. J. J. KENNELLY.

MEAsumNG FAucET.

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No. 635,256. Patented Oct. I7, |899. J. J. KENNELLY.

MEASUBING FAUCET.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE..

JOHN J. KENN-ELLY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN M. FICKEN,

OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,256, dated October 17, 1899.

Application filed October 4, 1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. KENNELLY, of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Measuring-Faucet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My inventionrelates to an improvement in faucets by which it is possible to measure the amount of liquor drawn and to adjust the same for different amounts, the faucet being automatic in that it shuts off the flow of liquor when the required amounthas been drawn. i

My invention comprises the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, 'ln which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure lis a side elevation of my faucet with a part thereof in section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sec tional side elevation similar to Fig. l, showing the parts in a different position. Fig. 4C is a sectional plan view taken upon the line l e of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional elevation of the weighing-lever with its weight and the registering mechanism.

The object of my invention is to produce a faucet which shall be simple and cheap of construction and which may be adjusted so that a definite amount of liquor may be drawn before its mechanism is operated to close the valve. This end is secured by means of a weighing-lever, upon which a vessel is placed, into which the liquor is drawn, and a handlever which is used for opening the valve and is engaged by the weighing-lever to hold the valve open until the liquor in the vessel reaches the required Weight, when the handlever is released and the valve closed.

The stem of the faucet A is of any ordinary construction and is connected with the outer endA A by means of a passage havinga valveseat a, formed in the stem and adapted to be engaged by a valve B, which is normally held Serial N0. 692,610. (No modelo upward against the valve-seat a. The valve is held closed by the pressure of the liquor in the reservoir from which the liquor is being drawn. p

The stem B' of the valve B extends upward through a suitable stufling-box and near its upper end is provided with a slot l). Arms F are supported from the body of the faucet and at their outer ends are provided with a pivot e, upon which the hand-lever E is mounted, which lever is provided with a handle E upon one arm and has the other arm E2 extended through the slot Z) in the upper end of the valve-stem BC The body of the faucet is provided with two ^-shaped projections a', located upon opposite sides and adapted to act as fulerums for the weighing-lever D, which weighing-lever has its outer end provided with a hook d, upon which the vessel J', which is to receive the liquor, may be hung. The lever is forked into two branches Dt, each of which is provided with a projection (Z2, having a V-shaped notch therein adapted to engage the upper edge of the projection a upon the valve-body. The end of the lever opposite the one upon which the vessel is to be hung has a counterweight I mounted thereon, so that it may be slid along the lever.

ln ordinary use only two positions of the lever w-illbe requiredeas, for instance, that required for weighing a pint or a quart of liquid. lt is evident, however, that the lever may be adjusted so as to` regulate the position of the weight for a number of different amounts. A stop d is provided on the outer end of each arm D', which limits the motion of the weight in one direction. An arm G extends rearwardly from the valvebody and is provided with an aperture through which passes a pin G, which rests upon a cross-bar D2, forming a part of the lever D, the upper end of said pin engaging a recess e in the under surface of the arm E2 of the hand-.lever E.

The weighing-lever D is provided with a catch O, beneath which is a spring O', which normally holds the catch above the upper surface of said lever. rIhe hand-lever E has a downwardly-pro jecting lu g E3, adapted to engage the catch C when the hand-lever is pulled outward. When the empty vessel J is placed upon the weighing-lever, the weight vof said vessel is not sufficient to hold the outer end of said lever down, and consequently the catch C is held in engagement with the lug E3 upon the hand-lever, thus preventing said lever from being swung toward the valvestem. By reason of the connection of the hand-lever with the valve-stein the valve is depressed and the liquid is permitted to flow through the faucet until the weight of the liquid in the vessel J is sufficient to overcome the influence of the weight I on the lever D, whereupon the outer end of the lever D will swing downward and the weighted end will rise, and this will result in freeing the springcatch C and the lug E3, thus permitting the lever E to swing toward the valve-stem and cause the valve B to be closed. To insure positive action in this respect, the pin G is employed, and as this pin rests upon the lever D and bears against the under surface of the arm E2 of the hand-lever E when the outer end of the lever D swings downward the arm E2 of the hand-lever is forced upward. This action maybe further secured by placing a spring K about the upper portion of the valve-stem B', said spring bearing against the under surface of the arm E2 of the hand-lever and upon the arm G of the valve-body. The spring K, or one which will accomplish the same result, may be arranged in other ways to act upon the lever E.

A register is provided by means of which the amount of liquid drawn from the supply and delivered by the faucet may be ascertained. This register H is of any suitable character and is made double or in two parts, one for registering the small amounts and the other for registering the large amounts which the faucet is designed to deliver into the vessel J. The two parts of the register are provided with arms 7i and L, which eX- tend at opposite sides of the center lineof the register, and the weight I on the lever D has an arm I2 thereon adapted to engage one or the other of the arms 7L 7L. lVhen the weight I is adjusted toward the valve-stem, then as the weighted end of the lever D rises the arm I2 of the weight will engage the arm 7L of the register and will operate the mechanism which registers small amounts. When the weight I is moved to the end of the lever D, then as the weighted end of the lever D rises the arm I2 of the weight will engage the arm 7L of the register and operate the mechanism which registers large amounts. The arm I2 thus engages one or the other of the arms 7i 7L' upon the register when the weighted end of the lever D is raised, and a complete record is thus obtained of the amount of liquid delivered by the faucet.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A measuring-faucet having a valve-operating mechanism extending outside the faucet, a balance or weighing lever adapted to support a vessel to receive the discharge from the faucet, an adjustable weight upon the weighing-lever, a two-part register or counter, each part having an operating-arm, said arms being located at different distances from the pivot of the weighing-lever and adapted to be engaged in turn by the sliding weight whenadjusted to its two positions, and a hand-lever connected with the valveopening means and engaged by the weighinglever, to hold the valve open until the weighing-lever is depressed by the filling of the vessel.

2. A measuring-faucet having a pressure closing-valve, avalve-stem extending outside the faucet, a balance or weighing leveradapted to support avessel to receive the discharge from the faucet, a hand-lever connected with the valve-stein and engaged by the weighinglever, to hold the valve open until the weighing-lever is depressed by the filling of the vessel, and a sliding pin between the weighing and hand levers, and acting to raise the latter.

3. The combination of a two-part register-- ing apparatus, an arm in connection with each part thereof, a swinging lever, and an adjustable weight on the lever, the weight having an arm movable with the weight so as to place the arm of the weight in position to engage either one of the arms of the registerin g apparatus.

4. The combination of a two-part registering apparatus, an arm in connection with each part thereof, and a member mounted to move relatively to the registering apparatus and having a part movable to engage either one of the arms of the registering apparatus.

5. In a measuring-faucet, the combination with a faucet-stein provided with a valveseat and a valve mounted on the seat, of a valve-stem attached to the valve and projeeting upward from the faucet-stem, a weighing-lever mounted on the faucet-stem and adapted to carry the vessel to be filled, a sliding pin engaged by the weighing-lever, a hand-lever mounted on the faucet and having one arm engaged with the valve-stem and with the sliding pin, and a catch serving temporarily to hold the hand-lever and the weighing lever in engagement with each other, whereby to keep the valve open.

G. In a measuring-faucet, the combination with a faucet-stem having a valve-seat and a valve working on the seat, of a valve-stem attached to the valve and proj eeting upward through the faucet-stem, an arm mounted rigidlyon the faucet, a hand-leverfulcruined on the arm, one arm of the hand-lever projecting through an opening in the upper por- IOO IIO

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of the hand-lever and a stationery portion of the faucet, the spring` serving to throw the Io valve-stein with its valve into closed position JOHN J. KENNELLY.

Witnesses:

Jos. F. EBERHARD, JOHN J. DEERING. 

